Article on upcoming Heritage Race

 
A long article about our upcoming Heritage Race on September 12 appeared in today's Lake County Edition. Nice job, Jim Dopler.
 

Register for Long Grove Heritage 5k run, 3k walk

 

Submitted by Jim Dopler

   Registration is now open for 18th annual Long Grove Heritage 5K Run and 3K Walk, which will be Saturday, Sept. 12, at Kildeer Countryside School, Long Grove.

 

   The race is organized by the Rotary Club of Long Grove, Kildeer and Hawthorn Woods. The club anticipates approximately 1,000 preregistered runners and walkers. Walk-ins are encouraged the morning of the event.

 

   Chick-fil-A, Kildeer, has signed on as a major sponsor this year and will be providing a variety of breakfast sandwiches along with the traditional pancake breakfast. The Chick-fil-A cow mascot will also be on hand for photo opportunities with the children.

 

   Lyle Staab, Hawthorn Woods, who is race director for this year’s event, said, “Last year was a great success, with over 800 participants raising more than $50,000 for local charities. We’re expecting a larger turnout and result this year.”

 

   In the 18 years the club has been sponsoring the event, approximately $300,000 has been raised for its Charitable Foundation, as well as approximately $1 million for participating charities.

 

   Registration may be made directly online at www.RotaryRace.org . Personal fundraising pages may also be created at the same time.

 

   This year, the charities working with Rotary on the event include:

 

   • Barb’s Precious Rescue and Adoption Center, whose mission is to create a safe and humane haven by providing medical attention, food, shelter and love for cats that have been abused, abandoned or neglected.

 

   • Beacon Place, which strives to feed, educate, activate, train and empower children and families in the North Chicago and Waukegan communities. Beacon Place provides food and technology resources that will enable adults and children to develop as stronger individuals and as a community as a whole.

 

   • Foster 2 Home, dedicated to finding permanent homes for adoptable dogs of all breeds, mixes, sizes and ages at risk of being euthanized or homeless.

 

   • The Christopher Steele Foundation supports institutions and individuals who are researching cures for brain tumors, with a particular emphasis on sarcomas.

 

   • The Center On Deafness, which provides services to both children and adults who have hearing impairments with additional disabilities such as mental illness or developmental disabilities.

 

   • Exodus World Service recruits local volunteers, equips them with information and training, and then links them directly with refugee families newly arrived in the Chicago Metropolitan area.

 

   • Faith Acres Foundation is a food and clothing sharing pantry operation serving primarily McHenry and Lake County people in need.

 

   • Mothers’ Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes works to provide properly preserved human milk, primarily to premature and ill infants.

 

   Other participating charities in the family-oriented event are motivated by their desire to further a cause that arose from personal experiences:

 

   • The Anthony James Brust Memorial Foundation provides a scholarship for technical training in honor of its namesake, who died in a motorcycle accident.

 

   • The Center for Enriched Living provides equal opportunities for people with developmental and intellectual disabilities to fulfill their dreams through innovative, person-centered programming.

 

   • PADS of Lake County, Inc. is dedicated to providing emergency shelter and supportive services to families with children and individuals who are experiencing homelessness in Lake County.

 

   The Rotary Club of Long Grove, Kildeer and Hawthorn Woods is a group of professionals who live or work in surrounding area. Rotary International is the oldest civic service club, founded in Chicago in 1905 and with more than 1.2 million members worldwide. The local club has sponsored and supported a number of local and international projects since its establishment almost 20 years ago.

 

   Notable international projects in the past year have included a dental mission to Latin America; contribution of Shelter Box tents to disaster areas around the world; and support of water and education projects in Africa. The club is also supporting the Rotary International goal of eliminating polio.

 

   Local projects include the contribution of 100 coats and knit caps to needy children in the area; Adopt a Highway (along Route 53 in Long Grove); sponsorship of a local Cub Scout pack; aid to needy veterans; donations to the St. Mary’s Food Pantry in Buffalo Grove; support of the Community Dinner at Emmaus House in Lake Zurich; support of Beacon Place in Waukegan; and donation of a Little Free Library at the Foglia YMCA in Lake Zurich.

 

   Members of the Rotary Club are currently selling raffle tickets as part of their overall fundraising efforts. Tickets will also be available the day of the race.

 

   This year’s sponsors include: QATAR Airways; Chick-fil-A, Kildeer; JTEKT/Koyo/Toyoda; Wal-Mart; Huber Financial Advisors; ACCO Brands; McGinty Brothers, Inc.; L.A. Fitness of Lake Zurich; Ed Cruickshank, Huber Financial Advisors; Sunset Foods; David Schneider, DO, SC; Riehn Insurance; Elly’s Pancake House; Stew-arts Coffee; McDonald’s of Lake Zurich; Long Grove Fire Protection District; Kildeer Countryside School; Waste Management; Weichert Realtors-McKee Real Estate; Thrivent Financial; Associates For General Dentistry, Ltd.; SWALCO; Long Grove Living; South Lake County Regional CERT; and Underwood Innovations.

 

   More information about this year’s event, including photos, and more about the Rotary Club of Long Grove, Kildeer and Hawthorn Woods may be found at  www.RotaryRace.org and www.RCLG.org. Photos of recent races are also posted at the club’s Facebook page.